Like many great men he had some personality flaws. The major one seems to have been his obsession with anti-semitism. Not a good thing but it needs to be set against the standards of the day when it was a fairly commonly held view and wasn't so unacceptable as it is today. I think he was also badly advised by people who wanted his name to be ***ociated with their politics so as to get the huge kudos of having Henry Ford's support. On the automotive front, once he had understood that he couldn't continue with the Model T he picked up on many new and different technologies.
Ford was a mixed bag, flawed like all of us-if he'd had his way, we would still be driving Model Ts-he didn't want to make the A; the market forced him into it if I remember correctly (from my reading). Then there's the flathead-it was great in the 30s and 40s, but why did he hang on to it when OHV engines were obviously the next big thing? But yes, he was a genius. Just not a perfect one. I see now that you type faster than me, blackjack.
A ****er knife?The car kind of looks like a Volvo.I guess green cars are like the people that drive them....homely.
Just because someone's views are not currently "acceptable" , i.e. politically correct, does not change their accuracy. I would encourage anyone truly interested to read Mr. Ford's writings on politics/history/economics/sociology - they are available in book form. I believe that should one view them honestly and objectively, you will see he was pretty well spot on in his thinking.
What would you use to chop it? One of those huge, ultra sharp cleavers like they use in the sushi joints... Right after the edema mi.
I had this same argument In a hotel workout room many years ago, with a new age liberal that shut off the T.V. I was watching with Henery's biography playing. His use of hemp and soybeans and such is not widely known, even to those that should know. Long story short, I ended up watching the show, and she huffed off and probably went and protested something... Why are late model people with no sense of history so stupid?
The Soybean laboratory building still stands in Greenfield Village. They were supposed to set it up with some diisplays and info on his research with soybeans when the Village renovation took place in 2003 (I did the infrastructure design for the village, the coolest project I ever worked on). Henry Ford was a big fan of George Washington Carver and his experimentation with peanuts and other plants. Firestone also used different plants such as goldenrod for experimental tires in the teens. The current Mustang uses soybean based foam in the seats.
There used to be a field between Greenfield /Southfield Rd's and Paul St./Ford Rd. Now that whole area is office buildings and landscape...
Glad someone else put it out there. Old Henry was a big man in America and he knew the elite of this country so I do find it amusing to hear people talk about how "wrong" and "flawed" he was. Henry knew his stuff and was a GREAT man, a man to be admired and emulated. This country could use more like him RIGHT NOW. regards, DJ
Does all this experimenting with plastics mean ole Henry would have approved of fibergl*** cars? Hmmmmmm.
This one may have been derived from Soy Beans, but on the initial photo page of it if you click on the photo it opens you up to other vehicles. The one showing Henry Ford hitting the back of the Black Ford with an Ax I believe is actually made out of "HEMP" reinforced plastic. Here is part of the story from www.Hempcar.org/ford. "Ford recognized the utility of the hemp plant. He constructed a car of resin stiffened hemp fiber, and even ran the car on ethanol made from hemp. Ford knew that hemp could produce vast economic resources if widely cultivated ..."
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